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Annual Report 2013-2014 ____2013 2014 Annual Report 2 Cover Page Imprint Puzzle composed of six images (from the upper left to the lower right): Publisher International Space Science Institute 1. Artist’s impression of a coronal mass ejection Hallerstrasse 6 launched towards Earth. The image is based on data CH-3012 Bern collected by the ESA/NASA SOHO space telescope Switzerland and comprises an extreme-ultraviolet image of the Tel.: +41 31 631 48 96 Sun’s disc (not to scale) superimposed on an image Fax.: +41 31 631 48 97 of the stormy solar environment. (SOHO (ESA/ E-mail: [email protected] NASA/S. Hill) Internet: www.issibern.ch 2. Satellite data provides sea-surface temperatures Editor/Concept/Layout /Cover Design to help understand climate change. (ESA/Crown) Andrea Fischer 3. Collage of solar images from NASA's Solar Dyna- Printed by mics Observatory (SDO) showing how observations Länggass Druck AG of the sun in different wavelengths helps highlight Länggassstr. 65 different aspects of the sun's surface and atmos- 3000 Bern 9 phere. (NASA/SDO/Goddard Space Flight Center) Switzerland 4. Image was obtained by Planck’s High Frequency Instrument at a frequency of 857 GHz (correspon- ding to a wavelength of 350 micrometres). The dark horizontal band is the plane of our Galaxy, seen in cross-section from our vantage point. The colours represent the intensity of heat radiation by dust. (ESA and the HFI Consortium) 5. Concentric layers in a cutaway image show varia- tions in the speed of sound in the deep interior of the Sun, as gauged by two instruments on the SOHO spacecraft. (SOHO (ESA & NASA), MDI/SOI and VIRGO data imaged by A. Kosovichev, Stanford Uni- versity) 6. Image showing all visible colors of the Sun, pro- duced by passing the Sun's light through a prism- like device. (N. Sharp (NSF), FTS, NSO, KPNO, AURA, NSF) ISSI Annual Report 2013 | 2014 Table of Contents 3 The International Space Science Institute (ISSI) is an Institute of Advanced Studies where scientists from all over the world meet in a multi- and interdisciplinary setting to reach out for new scientific horizons. The main function is to contribute to the achievement of a deeper understanding of the results from different space missions, ground based observations and laboratory experiments, and adding value to those results through multidisciplinary research. The program of ISSI covers a widespread spectrum of disciplines from the physics of the solar system and planetary sciences to astrophysics and cosmology, and from Earth sciences to astrobiology. 4 From the Chairman of the Board of Trustees 20 Forthcoming Workshops 5 From the Directors 23 International Teams 6 About the International Space Science Institute 38 International Teams approved in 2014 7 The Board of Trustees 40 Visiting Scientists 8 The Science Committee 41 International Space Science Institute Beijing 9 ISSI Staff 42 Events and ISSI in the media at a glance 10 Facilities 44 Staff Activities 11 Financial Overview 48 Staff Public ations 12 The Association Pro ISSI 50 Visitor Publications 13 Scientific Activities: The 19th Year 58 Space Sciences Series of ISSI (SSSI) 14 Forum 62 ISSI Scientific Reports Series (SR) 15 Workshops 63 Pro ISSI SPATIUM Series 18 Working Group 64 ISSI Publications in the 19th Business Year 19 Forthcoming Forum ISSI Annual Report 2013 | 2014 From the Chairman of the Board of Trustees 4 One year ago, I have – after some hesitation – taken over the role of Chairman of the ISSI Board of Trustees from Simon Aegerter. The familiarization with the various subject areas was then surprisingly easy, thanks to his comprehensive and complete preparation of the transition; many thanks to my predecessor! There are nothing but good news to report of the past business year. The Directorate, which had been changed considerably, has tackled its duties with great dedication and very successfully, pursuing vigorously the scientific development of the Institute according to the guidelines of the Board of Trustees. A summary of the manifold activities of the Institute and in particular of the scientific results can be found on the following pages of the annual report. The Board of Trustees held two me etings during the past business year. Its most important decisions should be mentioned briefly: On November 1, 2013 the BoT ratified the "Agreement of Cooperation between ISSI and the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC/CAS)". The purpose of this agreement is to define the cooperation between ISSI and the newly established Institute ISSI-BJ in Beijing. In the meantime , ISSI-BJ took up its operation and I presume that it will further the international efforts for pro- moting the Space Sciences on an even broader basis. At its June meeting the BoT approved a number of modifications to the management rules, which should make the procedures more transparent and notably take into account the international character of ISSI in a better way. Moreover, the strategic gui delines, a paper that serves the ISSI Directorate as a basis for developing the detailed strategy of the Institute, were also adopted. It is my pleasure to thank all employees of ISSI for their excellent work throughout the year. The high reputation of ISSI is a result of the continuous commitment of its Directorate and Staff. I also should like to thank the Science Committee for its outstanding work and the fact that it has absorbed the additional burden resulting from the cooperation with ISSI-BJ without complaint. Finally, I thank our funding agencies: ESA, the Federal Government and the University of Bern for their continual confidence in our institution. I allow myself to combine these thanks with the faint hope that in the future it might be possible to broaden the financial basis of ISSI somewhat. Urs Würgler Bern, July 2014 ISSI Annual Report 2013 | 2014 From the Directors 5 The most important event in the 19th year of ISSI was the evaluation by a visiting committee on October 1-3, 2013. This was the first time since the institute had been evaluated some 15 years ago by a committee chaired by Sir Martin Rees, a very important event for establishing the very young ISSI back then. This year’s committee was chaired by Jesus Martin Pintado, chair of the ESA AWG, and had the equally important task to advise ESA regarding its funding of ISSI during the next period of three years. After an intense three-day session, the com- mittee, in its report, ”… concluded that ISSI is fulfilling its mandate without any reservation.” The report also contains a number of very useful recommendations that will be implemented in the course of the forthcoming years. Equally important was the decision of the Swiss Confederation, received in December 2013, to fund ISSI during the period 2013-2016 with a slightly increasing amount, based on the strategy and funding request submitted in the previous year. Likewise, the proposal submitted to the Swiss National Science Foundation in early 2013 was also fully approved. Hence the first goal of the new Directorate, namely to secure the ISSI funding on a time scale of several years, has been achieved. Now is the time to consolidate this situation by seeking out new international partnerships while at the same time strengthening the existing ones. The ISSI program in the reporting period saw three Workshops, four Working Group meetings, 83 Team meetings, and one Forum, as detailed in the subsequen t pages. Together they once again broke the record number of visitors and brought it up to 973. With five Workshops planned and 33 new Teams it is well possible that in the next year it will be broken again and for the first time reach 1000. One of the Workshops will be in collaboration with the High-level Science Policy Advisory Committee of ESA (HISPAC), with which an agreement to hold a Forum followe d by a Workshop and a book publication once every year is currently being finalized. Three of the 33 Teams and one foreseen Workshop are joint between ISSI and ISSI-Beijing, testifying that this partnership is also beginning to bear fruit. The publication record has grown by three volumes and, more importantly, the impact factor of Space Science Reviews (from which the ISSI volumes are reprinted) has increased further from 5.5 to 5.9; the journal is now ranked 9th among the 40+ astronomy and astrophysics journals evaluated by Thompson Scientific. The ISSI staff has evolved in several ways: First of all, our Program Manager, Maurizio Falanga, has received his habilitation from the University of Basel and we congratulate him for this outstanding achievement. Then our two postdocs, Pia Zacharias and Marco Calisto, have completed their two-year terms and left ISSI in the course of the year. We thank them for all their valuable contributions, scientific and personal, and wish them all the best in their new positions in Oslo and Zurich, respectively. Following an open announcement and a highly competitive series of interviews we have now hired two new postdocs: Nicolas Champollion is working with one of us (A. Cazenave) on Earth sciences, and Veerle Sterken with two of us (J. Zarnecki, R. von Steiger) on cosmic dust. One PhD student has also joined ISSI, Vittorio de Falco, working with Maurizio Falanga. We also thank our part-time secretary, Danielle Zemp, who has chosen to fully move “across the street” to work for the University’s Center of Space and Habitability, and wish her all the best. She will be replaced by Greta Kurpicz, to whom we bid a warm welcome for her start in August 2014. Rafael Rodrigo Rudolf von Steiger Anny Cazenave John Zarnecki ISSI Annual Report 2013 | 2014 About the International Space Science Institute 6 The International Space Science Institute (ISSI) is a The Science Committee, chaired by Tilman Spohn, nonprofit organization set up in Bern in 1995 as a is made up of internationally known scientists active foundation under Swiss law with an endowment by in the fields covered by ISSI.
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